As an aside, do you want to know my favorite cringeworthy line from the St. Stan's decision? One that really shows a subtle understanding of the essence of the Church -- "The Archbishop may own the souls of wayward St. Stanislaus parishioners, but the St. Stanislaus Parish Corporation owns its own property."

If, and I say if, there is any justice, the Missouri Court of Appeals should be applying a rolled-up newspaper to the trial court fairly quickly.

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Always beware of a decision in which the judge plays to the media by coming up with a witty phrase. Hettenbach should have paid attention to Samuel Johnson's admonition: "Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out."

A Day That Will Live in Glory

Pray for the Four Cardinals: Burke, Caffarra, Meiser and Brandmuller

“You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day."